Josh
Burkman and Jon Fitch could tussle for a third time. | Dave
Mandel/Sherdog.com

If both Josh
Burkman and Jon Fitch earn
victories at World Series of Fighting 6, the welterweights are
headed for a rubber match, according to a source close to the
organization.

The plan is obviously contingent upon Burkman and Fitch navigating
their respective tests at Saturday’s
event, which takes place at BankUnited Center in Coral Gables,
Fla., and airs live on NBC Sports Network.

Burkman will collide with Steve Carl in
the show’s welterweight championship main event, while Fitch
battles 11-year pro Marcelo
Alfaya. Prior to the evening’s main card telecast, the
undercard streams live and free on Sherdog.com.

Fitch and Burkman first met in the UFC in 2006, with Fitch using a
second-round rear-naked choke to finish Burkman at UFC Fight Night
4 at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. “The People’s
Warrior” avenged that defeat this past June, choking Fitch
unconscious with a guillotine choke in just 41 seconds at WSOF 3,
which, coincidentally, also took place at the Hard Rock.

Burkman exited the UFC in 2008 on the heels of three consecutive
defeats but has since won eight of his last nine fights, kicking
off his WSOF run by outpointing Gerald
Harris roughly one year ago before stopping Aaron
Simpson on strikes this past March. In Carl, Burkman faces a
23-fight pro who has submitted 15 of his 20 career victims, most
recently choking out Tyson
Steele at WSOF 3.

Long regarded as one of the world’s finest welterweights, Fitch has
lost three of his last four fights. After suffering a 12-second
knockout to current UFC title contender Johny
Hendricks, Fitch rebounded with a unanimous decision win over
Brazilian prospect Erick Silva
but was released by the organization on the heels of his February
decision defeat to grappling ace Demian Maia.
Alfaya, meanwhile, has competed just twice in the last two years,
most recently knocking out Valdir
Araujo this past January under Florida’s Championship Fighting
Alliance banner.